The Golden Elixir Road

Chapter 26: The Great Dao Magic Treasure is Born

In front of the thatched cottage, Wang Zizai passed on the method of practicing the Golden Elixir Dao to Yan Qingci, and explained clearly the problems that would be encountered in the practice one by one.

At this time, the people from each holy land had already dispersed, and those who stayed behind found places to practice on their own.

“Qing Ci, in the future you should focus on the Golden Elixir Dao and use the Blood Phoenix Sutra as a supplement. Once you have mastered the art, I will teach you a few more magical powers.” Wang Zizai instructed.

"Yes, Master." Yan Qingci said, "But Master, why is our fundamental Dafa so different from other cultivation methods?"

"Of course it's different. Since you asked, I'll tell you about my origins as a teacher." Wang Zizai said.

"My teacher was born in a place called Earth. He first practiced in the Qingxiao Sect of the Ancient Star of Heavenly Soldiers, and practiced the secret realm method. Later, by chance, he was able to inherit the method of the Golden Elixir Avenue. By chance, he came to Beidou, and now he has established his own school." Wang Zizai said.

"Master, your experience is really tortuous." Yan Qingci didn't expect that his master had been to so many places.

"Yes, and for now, we are the only master and disciple practicing the Golden Elixir Dao in this world." Wang Zizai continued.

"As for the difference between the two cultivation methods, the Golden Elixir Method cultivates both the body and soul, and is an innate method that points directly to the Great Dao, while the Secret Realm Method is more like a life skill. The only way to cultivate the soul is to fight, and to use fighting to refine the mind. If there is no opponent, the progress will be slow."

"Then Master, what is innate?" Yan Qingci asked.

"Once you become conscious, you will fall into the acquired state. The Golden Elixir Method is a method of inaction. When the mind dies, the spirit lives. That is, the conscious spirit retreats and the primordial spirit appears. You practice with the wisdom of the innate primordial spirit."

"As for the Primordial Spirit that manifests after the Secret Realm Method reaches the Immortal Platform, it should be more similar to the Niwan Spirit, which is the embodiment of brain function. However, as a master, I have not yet reached that realm and have not been able to verify it. This is just a guess based on the realm that has been verified."

"What is life?" Yan Qingci asked again.

"Nature is the nature given by God, which includes the human spirit, mind, psychology, temperament, character, will, interest, and the instinctive aspects of human nature. Fate is the objective fate, which is manifested in the birth, death, strength, weakness, intelligence, stupidity, poverty, wealth, and fortune of a person."

"The creation of nature is in the heart, the creation of destiny is in the body. Nature is based on destiny to show the spirit, and destiny is based on nature to show existence. They are one and the same, interdependent and inseparable. Therefore, our Taoism advocates the dual cultivation of nature and destiny."

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After answering many of Yan Qingci's questions and waiting for him to practice on his own, Wang Zizai found a piece of divine purple gold and a piece of cloth woven from silk spit out by the divine silkworm clan.

The Immortal Mountain is rich in resources, including magical medicines and immortal gold, and there are countless great and small medicine kings.

After everyone had left, Xuanwu Supreme had taken Wang Zizai to learn about the resources of the Immortal Mountain one by one, as well as the private collections of several ancient supreme beings.

The Supreme Xuanwu even wanted to hand over his own collection, but was rejected by Wang Zizai.

Wang Zizai used divine purple gold as the pole and cloth woven from divine silk as the surface to refine a banner of the gods and demons in the heavens.

He then found the Supreme Xuanwu, and with his help, he refined the imperial evil spirit produced after the death of the Stone Emperor bit by bit into the Banner of the Gods and Evils of the Heavens.

At this time, the Banner of the Gods and Demons of the Heavens can be regarded as a magic weapon. Although it is not a spiritual treasure, once the emperor's evil spirit is released, even a saint may not be able to resist it.

But that was not all. Wang Zizai set up an altar on the top of the mountain, a three-meter-high conical platform with all kinds of mysterious and ancient runes painted all around. He then bowed to the four directions and prayed to the gods.

In the following days, his spiritual consciousness merged with the banners of the gods and demons in the heavens and dispersed into the void. He chanted the mantra and summoned the spiritual imprints of the Stone Emperor scattered between heaven and earth, three times a day, morning, noon and evening.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye, and suddenly a murderous aura rose into the sky, the flags of the gods and demons in the sky floated in the air, and the rolling murderous aura condensed into a demon god that dominated the heaven and earth.

The demon god was covered in armor, riding a divine tiger, and holding a halberd in his hand. He looked exactly like the Stone Emperor that Wang Zizai had seen before.

The inherent laws in magic weapons, the laws in spiritual treasures are already connected with the avenue, so they have the power to destroy the heavens and the earth. At this time, the Gods and Demons Banner of the Heavens can be regarded as a special spiritual treasure, but it is not based on the laws of the avenue, but the spiritual imprint of the demon god, so it can perhaps be called a demon treasure.

In the future, as long as we find other imperial evil spirits and refine them into it, other demons can be formed in this banner of gods and demons.

"Boom!"

However, there are special weapon tribulations that are born. Normally, the weapons of cultivators will go through the tribulation and advance together with their masters.

An endless calamity appeared in the sky, and the entire Emperor Burial Star was probably shrouded in it. The forbidden areas of various holy places were alarmed once again, and this time the commotion was even bigger.

"What's going on? Who is going through the tribulation?"

The supreme master of the forbidden area was puzzled, and then he found that the tribulation point was in the Immortal Mountain. He took a gloomy look and no longer paid attention to it.

"Old Turtle, go to the starry sky." Looking at the situation, Wang Zizai hurriedly called out to the Supreme Xuanwu.

The Supreme Xuanwu took a step forward and appeared in the lifeless starry sky with Wang Zizai and the Banner of the Gods and Demons of the Heavens, and then threw the Banner of the Gods and Demons of the Heavens out.

The robbery cloud also followed at this time, and purple lightning struck down and landed on the Banner of the Gods and Demons in the Heavens, trying to destroy it.

Wang Zizai controlled the Gods and Demons Banner to actively face the heavenly calamity and cleanse it with the power of thunder. The Gods and Demons Banner was made of immortal gold and divine silk, so it would not be easily destroyed.

As expected, under the baptism of thunder, the Banners of Gods and Demons in the Heavens became even more magical.

After a wave of thunder, another group of thunder dragons attacked and crashed into the Banner of the Gods and Demons of the Heavens. Strands of evil appeared on the Banner of the Gods and Demons of the Heavens, blocking the thunder dragons, and only a few were allowed to pass to baptize the Banner of the Gods and Demons of the Heavens.

As soon as the thunder dragon passed, chaotic energy appeared again, trying to corrode the Banner of the Gods and Demons of the Heavens.

"Roar!"

A demon god resembling the Stone Emperor appeared. The demon god roared, the sky shook, the void shattered, and the chaotic energy was scattered by his roar.

Afterwards, another chain of laws emerged from the void and entangled itself around the banners of the gods and demons in the heavens, but was chopped apart one by one by the halberd formed by the evil spirit in the hand of the demon god who looked like the Stone Emperor.

The weapon calamity finally ended, and the heavenly calamity slowly dissipated. Wang Zizai made a slight move, and the Banner of the Gods and Demons of the Heavens appeared in his hand.

"I didn't expect that fellow Daoist is so proficient in the art of refining weapons. He refined such a great weapon with the Four Extremes cultivation, and he refined it with the Emperor's Evil. It's really eye-opening."

The Xuanwu Supreme, who watched the whole process, exclaimed in admiration that no one had ever thought of using the Emperor's Evil to refine weapons before. However, it was also because the weapons of the Secret Realm Law were equivalent to the natal weapons, so naturally no one would use the Emperor's Evil to refine them.

"It's all thanks to Old Turtle's help. Old Turtle, what do you think of the power of the Banner of the Gods and Demons of the Heavens?" Wang Zizai asked.

“If the Demon God doesn’t come out, he can defeat the Great Sage with just the Emperor’s Evil. Once the Demon God comes out, he contains a trace of the power of the Ancient Emperor, and can already compete with the Quasi-Emperor.” said the Supreme Xuanwu.

"It's pretty much what I guessed." Wang Zizai nodded.

In fact, a normal spiritual treasure refined by a Yuanshen cultivator should not have such power. It is only because the Stone Emperor just died, and this Immortal Mountain is where the Stone Emperor has stayed for millions of years, that he can summon a trace of imperial power.

However, to refine spiritual treasures normally, one must at least reach the Yuanshen realm. With Wang Zizai's current level of cultivation, he is still far from that. This time he can only say that he benefited from the Stone Emperor's help, and the most important thing is that the Emperor Sha was refined with the help of the Black Tortoise Supreme.

(End of this chapter)